Gun rest for sportsmen



Oct. 2 1923.

1,469,285 a. THOMPSON GUN REST FOR SPORTSMER' Filed Oct. 14. 1922 meevm Patented Oct. 2, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

on oaoaimomrson, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GUN REST on s'roaTsMEN.

Application filed October 14, 1922. -Serial No. 594,426.

To allwhomitmay oonaemm i Be it known that I, GEORGE THOMPSON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Gun Rests for Sportsmen, of which following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to a device for supporting a gun carriedzby sportsmenwhile hunting game, and is particularly adapted for use .in huntingibirds quick on theaa'v ving, such as Woodcock, partridge and quailtar'id the object of the intention is not only to relieve the huntsmans arms from the weight of the gun, but to support the gun in such position that a quick aim may be taken where a bird or other game suddenly appears in the vicinity of the hunter.

The details of the invention are hereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a sportsman carrying a gun supported by a device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device, the belt or strap by which the device is to be secured to the person, being in perspective and partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a top view, the attaching belt being partly broken away.

Fig. 4 is a cross section taken on the broken line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation illustrating the use of the gun rest independent of the pad, and

Fig. 6 is an end view of the same.

Similar reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

10 indicates a pad provided with a pocket 11 on one side and a loop. 12 on the opposite side. This pad may be made of any desired shape or material. but I prefer that it be flexible and formed of a comparatively thick piece of fibrous material 13. having a facing of leather 14. andbacking of similar material 15. joined together in any suitable manner. such as by stitching 16 around the outer edge: the loop 12 being attached to the backing 15, preferably by stitching 17. The pocket 11 may be attached to the front leather facing 14 in a similar manner, but I prefer to form this pocket by cutting a transverse slit 18 in the upper part of the leather front 14, and making a semicircular line of stitching 19 through the entire pad to form the bottom of the pocket, although the pad may be of one piece of leather or similar material with the pocket 11, attached in any suitable manner to one side, and the loop 12 to the otherside. 7

The member into which gun 20 is to be placed, is preferably cut out of a flat piece of metal, providing a vertical tongue 21, broadened at its lower half, which tongue is adapted to be passed through theslit 18 in the front leather facing 14, with its lower edge resting upon the bottom of the pocket 11 formed'by the semicircular line of stitching 19, the metalabove and at each'side of the tongue bearing against the front of the pad outside the pocket. the lower half of the metal ut of which this member is made being bent upwardly and outwardly as shown, forming a gun rest 22. having a central opening 23. This bent-up portion is preferably slightly inclined. or somewhat higher at one end than at the other, so that when the gun is placed therein. it will be held with the barrel of the gun somewhat raised at the front. or inclined as illustrated in Fig. 1. The trigger guard 24 of the gun 20 passes through the opening 23 in the gun rest 22, so that the portion of the gun barrel, adjacent thereto. is seated smoothly and evenly in the seat formed by the upwardly and outwardly curved portion of the gun rest without liability to slide in either direction, while there is no danger of the trigger being caught or coming into contact with any portion of the gun rest in placing or removing the gun quickly into position therein. or therefrom.

A belt or strap 25 is passed through the loop 12 on the back of the pad 10, by which the device is supported upon the body of the sportsman. as illustrated in Fig. 1. said strap being provided with any suitable fastening means. such as a buckle 26.

While it is preferable to employ the pad 10, it will be readily understood that the pad may be dispensed with. as the gun rest may be attached to the ordinary belt or strap worn by hunters. by simply passing the tongue 2 over and behind the belt 27. and pushing it downwards so that the belt passes into the vertical slots 28 at each side of the tongue 21 as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6.

My invention provides a gun rest for hunters, which relieves his arms from the weight of the gun, and supports it in such position and manner that he is at all times ready to take quick aim should game suddenly appear in his rieiuity.

I claim as my invention:

1. A gun rest having a eurxed Seat for the stock of :1 gun provided With :1 central opening for the passage of the trigger guard and having a rertiral tongue to engage a belt of ordinary rhuraeter, and support the gun rest thereupon.

2. A gun rest formed from one piece of material h; ring a rurred eeat for the stock of a gun provided with a central opening! for the paSSage of the trigger guard. with a \ertieul tongue, and a rertieal slot on earh side thereof. said tongue being adapted to engage a belt in such nianner that the belt enters said slots at each side thereof.

3. A gun rest for sportsmeus use formed from a ing'le flat piece of metal cut out to provide a vertical tongue and a forwardly projecting seat for a gun barrel formed by bending outwardly and upwardly the lower portion of said piece of metal after the tongue has been out to ehape, bait; watt heizw proi'ided with an opening for the posse of the trigger guard 01: a gun.

4. A device for hunters use won! body pad provided with a pot-hot. supported in said poeket and uwan, tat-hing the devire to the body ot the hrntei'.

5. A gun rest C()I11l)i'i ll1;'1' pad provided with a pocket, a couture Heat for the luil'ttl of a gun supported in said porltet. and means for attaching the (leri e to the :I'; isil.

6. A device of the (harm-t0! desrrihed comprising a pad provided with a porket :1 gun rest having a portion adapted it) l=(' re ceived in said pocket and with 11!! u mue'diy curved portion outside the whet imam-1 a seat for the barrel ot the gun mill provided with an opening for the pasuage of the trim ger guard of the gun, and means for ntt :uh' ing the device to the person.

Signed by 1 119 this 30th day oi SQptt-mlwu 1922.

irEORUrll THUMPHOX'. 

